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1966
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January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. January 2 – A strike of public workers in New York City begins. January 3 – The first Acid Test is conducted at the Fillmore, January 4 A military coup occurs in Upper Volta. The prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet in Moscow, a gas leak fire at the Feyzin oil refinery near Lyon, France, kills 18 and injures 84. January 10 Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully in Tashkent, Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri dies the next day. The French paper LExpress publishes a story by Georges Figon, who took part in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka, Georgia House of Representatives refuses to seat Julian Bond. Home of civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is firebombed, dahmers family escapes but he dies the next day from severe burns. Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, January 11 A conference on Rhodesia begins in Lagos, Nigeria. The first SR-71 Blackbird spy plane goes into service at Beale AFB, January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. January 13 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African-American Cabinet member, by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing, January 15 – A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government. January 16 – Chicago Bulls, a member of National Basketball Associations club, January 17 The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the military, leaving a military government in power. This is the beginning of a period of military rule. A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares, and one into the sea, in the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash. Carl Brashear, the first African-American United States Navy diver, is involved in an accident during the recovery of a lost H-bomb which results in the amputation of his leg. January 18 French police announce that Georges Figon has committed suicide, about 8,000 U. S. soldiers land in South Vietnam, U. S. troops now total 190,000. January 19 – Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India, January 20 – Demonstrations occur against high food prices in Hungary. January 21 – Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro resigns due to a struggle in his party. January 22 The military government of Nigeria announces that ex-prime minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was killed during the coup, the Chadian Muslim insurgent group FROLINAT is founded in Sudan, starting the Chadian Civil War

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MINT (economics)
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MINT is an acronym referring to the economies of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey. The term was coined by Fidelity Investments, a Boston-based asset management firm, and was popularized by Jim ONeill of Goldman Sachs. The term is used in the economic and financial spheres as well as in academia. Its usage has grown specially in the investment sector, where it is used to refer to the bonds issued by these governments and these four countries are also part of the Next Eleven. The BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China, – with the addition of South Africa in 2010, the group Im studying for this project – lets call them the MINT economies – deserve no less attention. Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey all have very favorable demographics for at least the next 20 years, policy makers and thinkers in the MINT countries have often asked me why I left them out of that first classification. Indonesians made the point with particular force, over the years Ive become accustomed to being told that the BRIC countries should have been the BRIICs all along, or maybe even the BIICs. Wasnt Indonesias economic potential more compelling than Russias, despite the size of its relatively young population, I thought it unlikely that Indonesia would do enough on the economic-policy front to quickly realize that potential. Could Indonesia do whats needed to lift the countrys growth rate to 7 percent or more, they were asking, data for Columns 2 to 9 from the World Bank. Data for HDI from the UN Development Programme, the economy of Mexico is the 15th largest in the world in nominal terms and the 11th largest by purchasing power parity, according to the International Monetary Fund. Since the 1994 crisis, administrations have improved the countrys macroeconomic fundamentals and this newfound local wealth also contributes to the nations economy by creating a large domestic consumer market, which in turn creates more jobs. The economy contains rapidly developing industrial and service sectors, with increasing private ownership. Recent administrations have expanded competition in ports, railroads, telecommunications, electricity generation, natural gas distribution and airports, with its large population, Indonesia will be ranked seventh in GDP by 2050 according to Jim ONeill about BRIC and other prominent countries. Indonesia has an economy in which both the private sector and government play significant roles. The country is the largest economy in Southeast Asia and a member of the G-20 major economies, currently, Indonesia has the worlds 8th largest GDP-PPP and 16th largest nominal GDP. Indonesia is the fourth most populous country after China, India, and the United States and the worlds third most populous democratic country after India. In 2009, BRIC and Indonesia represented about 42 and 3 percent of the population respectively. All of them are G-20 countries, by 2015, Internet users in BRIC and Indonesia will double to 1.2 billion

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President of Mexico
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The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state and government of Mexico. Under the Constitution, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Mexican armed forces, the current President is Enrique Peña Nieto, who took office on December 1,2012. Currently, the office of the President is considered to be revolutionary, another legacy of the Revolution is its ban on re-election. Mexican presidents are limited to a single term, called a sexenio. No one who has held the post, even on a basis, is allowed to run or serve again. The constitution and the office of the President closely follow the system of government. Chapter III of Title III of the Constitution deals with the branch of government and sets forth the powers of the president. He is vested with the executive power of the Union. Be a resident of Mexico for at least twenty years, be thirty-five years of age or older at the time of the election. Be a resident of Mexico for the year prior to the election. Not be an official or minister of any church or religious denomination, not be in active military service during the six months prior to the election. Not have been president already, even in a provisional capacity, the ban on any sort of presidential re-election, dating back to the aftermath of the Porfiriato and the end of the Mexican Revolution, has remained in place even as it was relaxed for other offices. In 2014, the constitution was amended to allow Deputies and Senators to run for a consecutive term. Previously, Deputies and Senators were barred from successive re-election, however, the restriction on presidential re-election, even if it is nonsuccessive, remained in place. The presidential term was set at four years from 1821 to 1934, the president is elected by direct, popular, universal suffrage. Whoever wins a plurality of the national vote is elected. The most recent former President, Felipe Calderón, won with 36. 38% of the votes in the 2006 general election, finishing only 0.56 percent above his nearest rival, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Former President Vicente Fox was elected with a plurality of 43% of the vote, Ernesto Zedillo won 48% of the vote

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Presidential sash
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A presidential sash is a cloth sash worn by presidents of many nations in the world. Such sashes are worn by presidents in Africa, Asia, Europe and, most notably, the sash is an important symbol of the continuity of the presidency, and is only worn by the president. Its value as a symbol of the office of the head of state can be compared to that of a crown in monarchies, when the president leaves office, he or she formally presents the sash to his or her successor as part of the official inauguration ceremony. Presidential sashes are usually colorful, and designed to resemble the nations flag. They are usually worn over the shoulder to the left side of the hip. The national coat of arms is usually placed on the sash. A national orders star or chain of office can also be worn, livery collar Presidential Sashes of the World